shanezoobuild
In the Brooder
- Jul 11, 2015
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I’m designing a community farm and I was wondering if you could do both or one of the following for me and either answer a few questions I have and or read over my care sheet and tell me if there’s any wrong information or things you would do differently.
Questions
When is too old to breed 20 years
Male to female hatch rate
Egg cost 30$
Chick cost 120$
Chick feed to grower amount
Grower to maintainer amount
Lock down incubation humidity 30
Brooder square feet per bird 8 sf
Brooder height
Nest box size
Write up
Emu
Special care
Catch from behind.
Temperament
Calm unless they have chicks.
Cost
Egg cost
Chick cost
Adult cost
Chick feed to grower amount
Grower to maintainer amount
Enclosure
Size
15-25 m
Height
6ft
Fence type
Chain link, wood, wire woven
Shelter
3 sided shed
Equipment
Food,water,calcium and grit dish. Nest box
Terrain
Diet
Feed type
Ratite 20 % maintainer, or chicken maintainer
Amount
2 times per day as much as they can eat in 30 minutes
Minerals/other
None
Breeding
Sexing
Baby emu male bullseye pattern, female striped
Ratio
1-1
Age
Female 2-3, Male 4 years. End 20 years
Season
Winter- spring
Diet
Added calcium in fall
Eggs
Clutch size and numbers per year
5-15 every 2nd day 3 times
Collecting time
Late morning 3 times
Storing
3 days, room temperature, humidity
Hatch time
49-55
Incubation temp
100f
Humidity
30
Candling
Day 14 put on flat surface if they lean towards pointy end there is a chick.
Day 32 place eggs on flat surface room temperature, after 5 minutes eggs that are growing will be warm to touch.
Stop turning
day 46
Lock down
When to assist
Move to brooder
Dry and walking
Brooder
Size
Height
Temperature decreasing
5
Feed type length
16% ratite or chicken starter 2 times per day as much as they can eat in an hour. Switch feed at
Water dishes
Off the floor
Special nutrients
Non
Grow out pen
Size
15-25m
Feed type length
Ratite or chicken grower stating at
Butcher
Butcher age
1 year
How to butcher
Take to butcher
I’m designing a community farm and I was wondering if you could do both or one of the following for me and either answer a few questions I have and or read over my care sheet and tell me if there’s any wrong information or things you would do differently.
Questions
When is too old to breed 20 years
Male to female hatch rate
Egg cost 30$
Chick cost 120$
Chick feed to grower amount
Grower to maintainer amount
Lock down incubation humidity 30
Brooder square feet per bird 8 sf
Brooder height
Nest box size
Write up
Emu
Special care
Catch from behind.
Temperament
Calm unless they have chicks.
Cost
Egg cost
Chick cost
Adult cost
Chick feed to grower amount
Grower to maintainer amount
Enclosure
Size
15-25 m
Height
6ft
Fence type
Chain link, wood, wire woven
Shelter
3 sided shed
Equipment
Food,water,calcium and grit dish. Nest box
Terrain
Diet
Feed type
Ratite 20 % maintainer, or chicken maintainer
Amount
2 times per day as much as they can eat in 30 minutes
Minerals/other
None
Breeding
Sexing
Baby emu male bullseye pattern, female striped
Ratio
1-1
Age
Female 2-3, Male 4 years. End 20 years
Season
Winter- spring
Diet
Added calcium in fall
Eggs
Clutch size and numbers per year
5-15 every 2nd day 3 times
Collecting time
Late morning 3 times
Storing
3 days, room temperature, humidity
Hatch time
49-55
Incubation temp
100f
Humidity
30
Candling
Day 14 put on flat surface if they lean towards pointy end there is a chick.
Day 32 place eggs on flat surface room temperature, after 5 minutes eggs that are growing will be warm to touch.
Stop turning
day 46
Lock down
When to assist
Move to brooder
Dry and walking
Brooder
Size
Height
Temperature decreasing
5
Feed type length
16% ratite or chicken starter 2 times per day as much as they can eat in an hour. Switch feed at
Water dishes
Off the floor
Special nutrients
Non
Grow out pen
Size
15-25m
Feed type length
Ratite or chicken grower stating at
Butcher
Butcher age
1 year
How to butcher
Take to butcher
